Rooibos is purported to assist with nervous tension, allergies and digestive problems.
The most important cash crop is rooibos tea.
Lemon, chamomile, senna, apple, ginger, rooibos, and a great many other plants are used individually or in combination.
A review found no documentation of adverse side effects of consuming rooibos tea.
Traditionally, the local people would climb the mountains and cut the fine needle-like leaves from wild rooibos plants.
Rooibos also contains a number of phenolic compounds, including flavanols, flavones, flavanones, and dihydrochalcones.
The taste of honeybush tea is similar to that of rooibos but a little sweeter.
Animal studies show that rooibos has potent antioxidant, immune-modulating and chemopreventive effects.
